VIDEO: FORD 2006 F-550 Truck Upgrade
I'm making a big Truck Upgrade from my 2000 FORD F-250 with all the suspension, engine, brakes, tires, electrical, and other improvements , to an awesome 2006 FORD F-550 4x4! Let me tell you about it in this video... Modifications for a Truck Camper start next week!
Here's a gripe, it's hard to keep track of replys because replys don't attach to who the reply and it all gets mixed and you can't connect the dots of who's who after there are several replies.
I think there is a option in your settings to put it back to threaded again. when that first came out it was confusing but I'll play with it and let you know how to do it.
Ok so if you click on your name on the top right, then My settings. then preferences and down under reply's and coments, pick threaded instead of linear.
That does change it. I had mine at linear also and just changed to threaded. But if I reply to a post in the middle of the thread, is my post mixed up in the middle, or does it go at the end of the thread?
You have to look at the top of each post where it will have your name and then the name of who you are replying to. The reply's used to go under each post but then you had to search throughout the entire thread to find them all, it was a mess. It would be nice if every reply automatically included the post to which you were replying to like almost every other forum.
Congratulations on the new rig.
Have to ask what attracted you to the literally worst engine built for light duty trucks in the last 20 years?
Especially given your recent engine issues….
Because those issues are now well understood and there superior fixes for all of them. It is now easily, with time and money, turned into a very reliable engine.
not the worst by far, as long as they are left stock. problem came in when people hopped them up and didn't do other things like stud kits and such. I would still take a 6L over any 12V or 24V dodge 😉
The weakest points with both engines is the oil cooler which can be addressed by a coolant filter so the cooler never cloggs, or an external oil cooler which works better anyway, and adds 2 more quarts oil to the system. The other major fix is an improved egr cooler that's less likely to clog, and also not crack and leak coolant into the exhaust, or exhaust into the coolant. There are other repairs beyond that but these are the main two.
My nephew has three of them working daily for his landscape business without issue. There have been some deletes and other work to make them better. He's had no problems with them under his ownership. My friend was a fleet maintenance manager with a couple of them including his own company truck being 6 liters and those worked well as service trucks. There are so many improved performance aftermarket parts for the 6 liter. The 6 liter is also considered to have about the toughest bottom end of any diesel in it's class. Most failures happen when somebody chips the engine to get higher performance. Leave the tune of the engine alone and it will run for years
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Nice low milage for the age, that would be a 25K or higher truck up here. that motor should be perfect for hauling your camper.. you'll get better fuel milage also what's the height difference between your old truck and the bed of the new one?
I don't know about the bottom end thing, ill have to read in to that and take your word on it, but they did have the weakest head bolts out of any ford diesel and that's where the issues always came in, to much power added made to much cylinder pressure and then you blow head gaskets. a good after market stud kit fixes that, or just leave it stock. the 6L was a ok first attempt for a 7.3 replacement but it fell short in a few areas that's why it was short lived and the 6.4 was brought in. the 6.4 had issues of its own, but when deleted and tuned it was an absolute beast of a motor, but the 6.7 came out and is going on 14 years now with only updates and no major redesign.. any of them in stock condition are capable of hitting a million miles if taken car of, and if built properly any are good for power and lasting. personally the 6 and 6.4 didn't have enough of a benefit to entice me off my hopped up 99 7.3 diesel , but my 2014 6.7 blows that old 7.3 out of the water, even though the 7.3 had more torque and HP than my 6.7
you found a older one did ya. how fresh is the 6.0 in that puppy? looks pretty clean for the age, nice score
Roflmao…..How fresh is the 6.0? What kind of question is that? Hahaha, assuming it’s already been replaced or gone through…..wow, where do I sign up for one of these beauties?
Im being slightly sarcastic, but the OP is a glutton for punishment. 2 engine replacements in recent years and turd on the 2nd replacement, which now became someone else’s issue…..hopefully at least jammed it full of stop leak so it doesn’t loose its coolant and overheat next week….
Then to literally move into one of the two most trouble prone engines of the light duty diesel world this century when there are soooo many options out there. Let dollars get in the way of sense on this one. Hopefully that 76k mile cream puff (it does look like a very nice truck btw) was cheap. Those truck easily go for about 50% less than a comparable Dmax or Cummins.
At least it’s not a 6.4. I’d take a 6.0 for the right price over a 6.4 all day long.
ya I could have said how many mils on the truck. that is very low milage and if its stock for what he does it will probably be the last truck he will need. I have never seen an 06 dually that clean or that low milage so I assumed there might be 3-400000 miles on that 6L. like I said before there are several stock 6.0L that are million mile motors, the issue came up when you hopped it up. 6.4L could take some hopping up but not as much as the 6.7L so if he is planning on leaving ti stock it should be fine.
if I had the choice between a 07 6.0L and 6.4L I would jump on the 6.4. the head issues were fixed and once you delete them the milage and power is incredible. you will never get that out of A 6.0L. I have friend who has three 6.4L's now between him and his two boys.. the only pain is you have to lift the cab for some jobs but if you have a hoist it takes like 15 min to do he says. that is usually a 10 to 20K (CDN) truck up here but I think that it would get more having that low milage. Up here a dodge is way, way cheaper, they are the cheapest of the big three diesels you can buy, doesn't matter what year. when I bought my true I decided to be no partisan between the big three, the dodge was ruled out immediately, just felt slow and lacking in the power. I know its because the inline 6 doesn't rev as fast but that did it right there for me. I found a dually dmax but they wanted 15K over the blue book value and the sales staff was kind of ignorant when I pointed it out so we left and that truck sat on the lot for 4 months after that. we ended up getting a two year old fully loaded for a steal, about 1/2 price of new F350 platinum. more than we needed but it was 7 years newer than the dmax and it was only 5K more, because of their inflated price. I still wish I had found a dually though.
76000 miles
Wow, quite the upgrade, congratulations! I hope you found a gem of a used truck!
